This last part of your post is absolutely incorrect as far as the Droid X is concerned. The Driod 1 had voice command issues with Bluetooth devices before it received 2.2, but my DX works with voice commands on "ALL" of my bluetooth devices that I have synced to it.
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Droid X sync with Outlook
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This last part of your post is absolutely incorrect as far as the Droid X is concerned. The Driod 1 had voice command issues with Bluetooth devices before it received 2.2, but my DX works with voice commands on "ALL" of my bluetooth devices that I have synced to it.
I know someone mentioned the app before. MarkSpace ( Missing Sync for Outlook )
I am long time BB user, and syncing with outlooks contacts / calendar profile notes, etc. is just the way i got business done, kept up on things etc.
My upgrade from a BB 8230 ( which did everything I needed ) and compact, BB broke and VZ didnt have a replacement or even a refirb to give me so they upgraded to a D2
VZ rep told me it would sync with "outlook" he never said exchange. He also said that to connect my laptop I would need the 20.00 a month 3g hotspot. So my opinion is some reps may know, some reps dont or there just lying.
on to the syncing, I simply DON'T want my contacts information or notes, or my calendars appointment on googles/Verizons or anyone elses server to where they have access to mining that data.
I tried a bunch of apps and you can usually tell within 10 min if its something that is going to be right for what your looking to do.
I seen MarkSpace, after trying out a bunch of free apps that didnt work , i really didnt want to shell out 40 bucks to try it
I didnt see a trial version or maybe i was just getting tired of searching, , so I emailed them, here is the link they sent for the desktop software Its a 14 day trial before you need to register.
www.markspace.com/download.html
I have sync's via wifi and BT without problems.
without using Gmail
without using Backup Asst
without exporting a csv,
without exporting vcard
etc.
the wi-fi had a little trouble pairing , but thats with the D2 and had nothing to do with the Missing Sync
40.00 for the app might be a little pricey.. however well worth it.
I think the phone should do this nativly coming from a ex-BB user but I also develope database systems and UI with Filemaker and alot of functionality comes from 3rd party plugins
hope this helps someone.
I am long time BB user, and syncing with outlooks contacts / calendar profile notes, etc. is just the way i got business done, kept up on things etc.
My upgrade from a BB 8230 ( which did everything I needed ) and compact, BB broke and VZ didnt have a replacement or even a refirb to give me so they upgraded to a D2
VZ rep told me it would sync with "outlook" he never said exchange. He also said that to connect my laptop I would need the 20.00 a month 3g hotspot. So my opinion is some reps may know, some reps dont or there just lying.
on to the syncing, I simply DON'T want my contacts information or notes, or my calendars appointment on googles/Verizons or anyone elses server to where they have access to mining that data.
I tried a bunch of apps and you can usually tell within 10 min if its something that is going to be right for what your looking to do.
I seen MarkSpace, after trying out a bunch of free apps that didnt work , i really didnt want to shell out 40 bucks to try it
I didnt see a trial version or maybe i was just getting tired of searching, , so I emailed them, here is the link they sent for the desktop software Its a 14 day trial before you need to register.
www.markspace.com/download.html
I have sync's via wifi and BT without problems.
without using Gmail
without using Backup Asst
without exporting a csv,
without exporting vcard
etc.
the wi-fi had a little trouble pairing , but thats with the D2 and had nothing to do with the Missing Sync
40.00 for the app might be a little pricey.. however well worth it.
I think the phone should do this nativly coming from a ex-BB user but I also develope database systems and UI with Filemaker and alot of functionality comes from 3rd party plugins
hope this helps someone.
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If you are working at "Big Co" surely they have an exchange server and could set you up to use the direct exchange APP on your phone.
Jayizdaman
New Member
To be honest I haven't gotten my droid x yet, but I have a simple solution for those who use outlook. I use google calendar sync and have it set to push and pull from outlook. This allows me to stick with outlook, make appointments etc, and have google calendar pull it to my phone, then when I need to add an appointment using the Droid X, you can add it via google calendar and then it will be pushed to your outlook account. I currently have it set at syncing every 15 minutes.
Now contacts are a little more of a hassle; I don't want to import and export entire files every week.
I wish android worked as easily as my Iphone did when it came to syncing with outlook, but I'm glad I switched back to Verizon.
Now contacts are a little more of a hassle; I don't want to import and export entire files every week.
I wish android worked as easily as my Iphone did when it came to syncing with outlook, but I'm glad I switched back to Verizon.
Well, the phone went back today. The store clerk insisted that the DX 'worked with Outlook'. After some back and forth about the finer points on the differences between Outlook and Exchange, that this clerk never grasped, we walked out still free from a contract, and $200 back in our pocket. I stopped off by my office, and grabbed a Blackberry Bold that I was given to demo by my Verizon rep, and we went home to put the Droid Eris out of it's misery. I was struck by the irony as I hooked the Eris to her laptop one final time to go through the painfully laborious task of syncing it with her Outlook. While the Eris was sadly abandoned and never developed to it's full potential, I couldn't help but shake my head in disgust as the words "now syncing contacts" came up on the screen.
The BB was activated and synced with Outlook in less than 15 minutes, and while it's a stale and clunky interface, it works. Imagine that.....hooking your phone to your computer, and the information that you rely on daily is collated, matched, and merged automatically.
One of the issues that makes this hit home for me is that I have finally, after several years of badgering, convinced my wife that she can become much more organized by making the time investment up front to make the effort to keep her info entered into either her phone or Outlook, and to just make it a habit. She was doing great with her last BB Tour, and things were running much more smoothly in our household due to her discovery that she could indeed use these very common tools for more efficiency and better organization. We took a productivity hit with the Eris and it's ridiculously difficult syncing process because she could never get the hang of it (and this I cannot fault her on, since if I went more than a week without doing it I oftenwould have to google the technique myself) , and the Eris would last about 5 hrs on a battery charge IF you didn't use it or so much as light up the screen. Things were looking up though, because I had secured the phone that DOES. While reading these forums this morning with non-chalant suggestions to just move to Gmail, I cringed at the thought of her having to re-learn an entirely new interface, and tackling such fun stuff as csv files, offline mode, not to mention that gmail buries common tools under sub-menu's labeled 'More' and ' Even More'. It was never going to work. I even had her using Outlook to print snail mail labels for Christmas cards and school functions for Pete's sake! Just throw it all away, because the newest, fastest, and most bestest phone to ever grace the carpeted walls of a Verizon store.....you know, the phone that DOES.....was telling me to ditch Outlook for a crappy web interface that I will need to re-learn every single solitary task that I currently can do in my sleep? Not a chance. The solutions offered so far are clunky and/or expensive, and just something that I quite simply should not have to do. And I won't. So long Android....I never knew ya.
And as for the research....I did do the research. I checked specs, compared the Droid X and 2 side by side, checked forum posts for reports on battery life, and even my own users who had them since the day they came out. All reports were positive. This was a phone that I was considering moving to myself, and I'm busy enough enough that I knew that the few hours I spent on research, as well as my wife using it and having daily access to it would be well worth it. Did I specifically search out whether or not it would sync with Outlook? No. My freakin' iPod Nano syncs with Outlook and this the Droid that DOES, baby! I also failed to look up if it could make long distance phone calls, or was capable of call waiting. No, the very first indication I had that the latest offering brought to you by no less than the corporate juggernauts of Motorola, Google, and Verizon would not do what every single phone and PDA I have owned since 1997 would do, was the specific search term of "sync Droid X with Outlook". Not one of the many reviews I read mentioned it. Verizon's spec sheets played up the Exchange connectivity, but mentioned nothing like a 'hey, btw, won't sync with the first program you fire up every morning, and the last you close every afternoon'. Nada.
And yes, I have probably spent more time *****ing about it here than I should have. But you know what? I had tonight slotted for tinkering with my wife's new Droid X. The phone that DOES. Except for the one thing that I REALLY need it to do. And for that one important thing it DOESN'T, and I have some free time on my hands.
The BB was activated and synced with Outlook in less than 15 minutes, and while it's a stale and clunky interface, it works. Imagine that.....hooking your phone to your computer, and the information that you rely on daily is collated, matched, and merged automatically.
One of the issues that makes this hit home for me is that I have finally, after several years of badgering, convinced my wife that she can become much more organized by making the time investment up front to make the effort to keep her info entered into either her phone or Outlook, and to just make it a habit. She was doing great with her last BB Tour, and things were running much more smoothly in our household due to her discovery that she could indeed use these very common tools for more efficiency and better organization. We took a productivity hit with the Eris and it's ridiculously difficult syncing process because she could never get the hang of it (and this I cannot fault her on, since if I went more than a week without doing it I oftenwould have to google the technique myself) , and the Eris would last about 5 hrs on a battery charge IF you didn't use it or so much as light up the screen. Things were looking up though, because I had secured the phone that DOES. While reading these forums this morning with non-chalant suggestions to just move to Gmail, I cringed at the thought of her having to re-learn an entirely new interface, and tackling such fun stuff as csv files, offline mode, not to mention that gmail buries common tools under sub-menu's labeled 'More' and ' Even More'. It was never going to work. I even had her using Outlook to print snail mail labels for Christmas cards and school functions for Pete's sake! Just throw it all away, because the newest, fastest, and most bestest phone to ever grace the carpeted walls of a Verizon store.....you know, the phone that DOES.....was telling me to ditch Outlook for a crappy web interface that I will need to re-learn every single solitary task that I currently can do in my sleep? Not a chance. The solutions offered so far are clunky and/or expensive, and just something that I quite simply should not have to do. And I won't. So long Android....I never knew ya.
And as for the research....I did do the research. I checked specs, compared the Droid X and 2 side by side, checked forum posts for reports on battery life, and even my own users who had them since the day they came out. All reports were positive. This was a phone that I was considering moving to myself, and I'm busy enough enough that I knew that the few hours I spent on research, as well as my wife using it and having daily access to it would be well worth it. Did I specifically search out whether or not it would sync with Outlook? No. My freakin' iPod Nano syncs with Outlook and this the Droid that DOES, baby! I also failed to look up if it could make long distance phone calls, or was capable of call waiting. No, the very first indication I had that the latest offering brought to you by no less than the corporate juggernauts of Motorola, Google, and Verizon would not do what every single phone and PDA I have owned since 1997 would do, was the specific search term of "sync Droid X with Outlook". Not one of the many reviews I read mentioned it. Verizon's spec sheets played up the Exchange connectivity, but mentioned nothing like a 'hey, btw, won't sync with the first program you fire up every morning, and the last you close every afternoon'. Nada.
And yes, I have probably spent more time *****ing about it here than I should have. But you know what? I had tonight slotted for tinkering with my wife's new Droid X. The phone that DOES. Except for the one thing that I REALLY need it to do. And for that one important thing it DOESN'T, and I have some free time on my hands.
Jayizdaman
New Member
It's unfortunate they lied to you and I agree with your frustrations. This phone isn't for everyone, but I'm excited to jump in. Hopefully Froyo and Gingerbread will help android become a more rounded platform. Time will tell. good luck.
Need Sync
We need sync to Outlook via the USB port. And that means the Calendar, Contacts, and Tasks.
Like many business people, I will not be forced to use a product or service that I don't want to, and that includes using Gmail to sync my Outlook Calendar with my phone.
It is a missed opportunity to turn Microsoft users into Google customers, that would be a coup for Google.
But now I 'm going to have to shop for a new phone based on the Windows Mobile OS !!
We need sync to Outlook via the USB port. And that means the Calendar, Contacts, and Tasks.
Like many business people, I will not be forced to use a product or service that I don't want to, and that includes using Gmail to sync my Outlook Calendar with my phone.
It is a missed opportunity to turn Microsoft users into Google customers, that would be a coup for Google.
But now I 'm going to have to shop for a new phone based on the Windows Mobile OS !!
Section Twelve
Member
Just stay away from the HTC HD2... that thing has more freeze up issues than Windows 95 could have ever even dreamed of.
Section Twelve
Member
If you can try to be patient, I am sure someone out there is working on making it easier on us. Until then, we just have to sadly rely on the hard method.... which most people don't even want to consider and rightfully so.
Patience is a fleeting thing. Android has been on the market for over a year and we only have partially successful third party programs. I too will be looking at the new WM7 phones when they hit the market this winter.:icon_evil:
Looking to me like droidxie is needing the stick warning about the way people talk to each other in this forum. This entire post is completely out of line!!!
Hook did not deserve your comments at all!!!
Hello All,
We are all here to help each other.
So personal attacks are obviously unacceptable, and only serve to sidetrack the topic.
With that said, let's all kiss and make up so that we can get back on topic...
Because I want a new DroidX that syncs with Outlook via the USB port...
PS Do you think anyone from Google actually monitors this forum?
Do you think they care?
AM
We are all here to help each other.
So personal attacks are obviously unacceptable, and only serve to sidetrack the topic.
With that said, let's all kiss and make up so that we can get back on topic...
Because I want a new DroidX that syncs with Outlook via the USB port...
PS Do you think anyone from Google actually monitors this forum?
Do you think they care?
AM
Well, he's not going to be bothering us for a long time, before I got wind of this apparently an admin did and he's gone on permanent leave of absence.
I do want to say though that my wife for the record is a very intelligent person specially when it comes to computers and my wording in that paragraph was poor. What happened was I asked her if she had any issues syncing outlook and I asked her how she diid it. She said "I followed the directions, it was easy." I then said I have a lot of people saying they have a tough time figuring it out and she simply said she couldn't understand why.
My wife happens to be a consultant for a large computer firm. If anything she is a heck of a lot smarter then I am.